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By Bette Mahoney
Rappahannock News Writer
The Rappahannock County Board of the American Cancer Society announced a new program in the County, “Tell A Friend.
“Tell A Friend” is designed to promote mammography screening among women who might not otherwise be screened. Breast cancer is the second leading cancer-related death among women in the United States (after lung cancer), and the most frequently diagnosed non-skin cancer among U. S. women.
Finding breast cancer early is currently the best way to control it, and a mammogram can find a cancer several years before it might be felt by a woman or her health care provider. Many women, age 40 or older, have still not had a mammogram, and many more do not get them annually, as recommended by the American Cancer Society.
These women need encouragement and support to get screened.
The “Tell A Friend” program provides this kind of support. A volunteer caller is recruited to identify five women who might not ever have had a mammogram or
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